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Winer, Mimi – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1980
The article describes VISION Foundation, a self-help program providing work opportunities for both paid and volunteer persons who are newly blind or have progressive eye diseases. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Blindness, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Equipment
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Bowman, Garry – RE:view: Rehabilitation Education for Blindness and Visual Impairment, 2007
The author discusses changes that the Texas Division for Blind Services made in its vocational rehabilitation program to increase competitive employment opportunities for vocational rehabilitation consumers who are blind and visually impaired. P. R. Warren, B. S. Cavenaugh, and M. J. Giesen (2004) reported that, nationwide, a higher proportion of…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Programs, Employment Opportunities, Visual Impairments
Parker, Karen – 1981
This paper describes the displaced homemaker, defines her plight, and delineates the successful Displaced Homemaker Program conducted by the Fort Wayne area (CETA) consortium. The emphases of the program focus on the fundamental concerns of the displaced homemaker, i.e., the establishment of a new identity, the resolution of financial problems,…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Counseling Services, Displaced Homemakers, Employment Opportunities
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1936
Five million young people--1 out of every 4 in the country--are without constructive occupation at school, work, or home. An examination of 1930 United States Census and Federal Office of Education figures, brought up to date by sampling studies in various communities, discloses that--Of the 20,100 000, 16 to 24 years of age, inclusive, in the…
Descriptors: Youth, Employment Level, Community Resources, Unemployment